Harness-buckle



;(Model.)

B. D. WH-ITTEMORE.

Harness Buckle.

Patented Nov. 30, 1880.

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ROBERT D. TVHITTEMORE, OF GHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,052, dated November 30, 1880. Application filed April 27, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT D. WHrr'rE- MORE, of Chippewa Falls, in the county of Chippewa and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Harness-Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a buckle which shall tighten with a side-pressure upon the trace and hold the trace more immovably the greater the strain upon it, the strain upon the tongue of the buckle being at the same time lessened.

The invention consists of a buckle having a carted-rectangular frame whose upper bar is recessed on the under side for the engagement of the ears of the tongue-plate.

It consists, further, of a tongue-plate having a flat upper surface with a projecting wedge-shaped outer edge, and provided with a side strip set at right angles to the plate and projecting downward, said plate being provided, also, with a fixed downward-projecting tongue.

Figure l is a plan of a buckle in position on the hame-tug and trace.- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an endelevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the buckle, with its frame A secured in the usual manner of buckles in the loop of the hame-tug B. G is the harness-trace.

The buckle A consists of the rectangular curved frame A, having two end bars, a, a, and a center bar, b.

The upper bar, a, is recessed, as shown at c.

D is the buckle'plate, on the frontend of which is an upward-projecting ear, (I, which engages in the recess 0 of the upper bar of the said buckle A, and this front edge of the plate D is provided with a lateral-projecting ear, f, which engages against the side of the buckleframe at its junction with its upper bar, a, the said plate D being held in position by means of the engagement of the aforesaid lugs or ears with the frame of the buckle. The outer edge of this tongue-plate D projects horizontally, and has a wedge-shaped outline, as shown at g. A side strip, h, projects downward at right angles from the under surface of plate D in such a manner as to press against the edge of the trace 0, that is introduced through the buckle A.

k is the tongue of the buckle, projecting perpendicularly downward from the under surface of the plate D. v

When in position, connecting the hame-tug and trace, the lower bar, a, of the said buckle A is secured in the loop of the hame-tug B, as shown. The end of the trace Uis then inserted through the said buckle A, between the upper bar, a, and central bar, I), and below the tongue-plate D, which is engaged under and against the upper bar, a, as shown. The tongue-plate D is then turned down upon the trace 0, so that the buckle-tongue It shall pass through a corresponding hole in the said trace 0, and so that the side strip, it, shall bear closely against an edge of the said trace.

It will be observed that if the trace be then pulled in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 the tongue-plate D will be moved in the same direction, and its projecting edge 9 will wedge against the side of the buckle-frame A, while the said plate D will be moved laterally, so that its ear or lug 01 shall engage against the farther shoulder of the recess 0 in the upper bar, a, of the said buckle A, and then an increased or greater strain upon the said trace 0 will cause the said tongue-plate D to be wedged more tightly in the buckle-frame A, thereby pressing the side strip, h, more firmly against the edge of the trace 0, and, consequently, holding the said trace 0 by means of this side pressure more securely in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a harness -buckle constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of frame A, having arecessed upper bar, a, and provided with a tongue-plate, D, said tongueplate having ears d f. projecting wedge-shaped edge g, perpendicular side strip, h, and perpenpressure is applied to the harness-trace to hold dioular tongue 70, as set forth. it in position, as set forth.

'2. In a harness-buckle, the detachable 1 W tongue-plate D, provided with ears d f, pro- ROBERT DOAM} WHITTDMORE' 5 jecting' wedge-shaped edge g, perpendicular \Vitnesses:

side strip, h, and tongue 70, substantially as 13.1 HASTINGS, herein shown and described, whereby side L. F. MARTIN. 

